Vocabulary

INTERNATIONAL TOSHINDO KARATE FEDERATION

 

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TOSHINDO                 -           THE WAY TO UNIFY YOUR MIND, BODY & SPIRIT<

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KARATE                       -           EMPTY HAND

 

COUNTING 1 THROUGH 10

 

ICHI                 -                       ONE                            ROKU              -           SIX

NI                    -                       TWO                            SHICHI                        -           SEVEN

SAN                 -                       THREE                          HACHI                        -           EIGHT

SHI                   -                       FOUR                          KU                   -           NINE

GO                  -                       FIVE                             JU                    -           TEN

 

COMMANDS & TERMINOLOGY

 

OSU                            -           PATIENCE, RESPECT, APPRECIATION

KIAI                             -           LOUD SHOUT

KIAI IRETE                   -           READY TO START

REI                               -           BOW

YOI                              -           READY

HAJIME                       -           BEGIN

YAME                          -           STOP

MAKUSO                    -           CLOSE YOUR EYES (MEDITATION)

MAKUSO YAME        -           OPEN YOUR EYES

MAWARE                   -           TURN

GI                                -           UNIFORM

OBI                              -           BELT

DOJO                         -           SCHOOL

TATAMI                       -           MAT

 

RANK

 

SHIHAN - MASTER TEACHER                        SEMPAI - ASSISTANT TEACHER

SENSEI              - TEACHER                            KOHAI            -  FELLOW STUDENT

STANCES

 

HEISOKU-DACHI       -                       ATTENTION STANCE

YOI-DACHI                -                       READY STANCE

ZENKUTSU-DACHI     -                       FORWARD LEANING STANCE

KOKUUTSU-DACHI    -                       BACK LEANING STANCE

KIBA-DACHI              -                       STRADDLE STANCE                          

 

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THRUSTING AND STRIKING METHODS

 

SEIKEN CHUDAN-TSUKI                    -           FOREFIST MIDDLE THRUST

SEIKEN JODAN-TSUKI                       -           FOREFIST UPPER THRUST

SEIKEN GEDAN-TSUKI                       -           FOREFIST LOWER THRUST

SEIKEN AGO-UCHI                           -           FOREFIST CHIN STRIKE

URAKEN GANMEN-UCHI                 -           INVERTED FIST STRIKE TO FACE

URAKEN SAYU-UCHI                         -           INVERTED FIST SIDE STRIKE TO FACE

URAKEN HIZO-UCHI                         -           INVERTED SPLEEN STRIKE     

 

BLOCKING METHODS

 

SEIKEN JODAN-UKE                          -           FOREFIST OVER HEAD/UPPER BLOCK

SEIKEN CHUDAN UCHI-UKE             -           FOREFIST MIDDLE INSIDE BLOCK

SEIKEN CHUDAN SOTO-UKE                        -           FOREFIST MIDDLE OUTSIDE BLOCK

SEIKEN GEDAN-BARI                                    -           FOREFIST GROIN/LOWER BACK

 

KICKING METHODS

 

HIZA-GERI                                          -           KNEE KICK

KIN-GERI                                            -           GROIN KICK

MAE-GERI                                          -           FRONT KICK

MAWASHI-GERI                                -           ROUNDHOUSE KICK

UCHI MAWASHI-GERI                      -           INSIDE CRESCENT KICK

YOKO-GERI                                       -           SIDE KICK

USHIRO MAWASHI-GERI                  -           BACK SPIN KICK

YOKO TOBI-GERI                              -           JUMPING/FLYING SIDE KICK